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“Don't Stay Home” by 311
From the album 311 (1995)
“Don't Stay Home” by 311 appears on 13 radio countdowns from 10 stations between 1995 and 2021. It was first released in 1995 on the album 311. Its best result is #29 on the WBER Listener Countdown 1995. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #81 alternative song of 1995 and #4,171 alternative song of all time.
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"Don't Stay Home" was the first single from 311's self-titled third album in 1995, and it packs the band's whole bag of tricks into one tight track: Nick Hexum and S.A. Martinez trading vocals, Martinez working the turntables, Hexum and Tim Mahoney's guitars crunching against P-Nut's rubbery bass and Chad Sexton's drums. Hexum wrote it on his own, and Ron Saint Germain produced it with the band, keeping the funk loose and the riffs heavy.
The video can't decide what season it is, the band bundled in winter coats in one shot and stripped to the waist in the next, mostly in black and white, with Hexum peering out from under his hood as water splashes behind them. Much of it was filmed on the beach at Asbury Park, New Jersey, with a soundstage and other locations filling in the rest.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 91 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1995 | 91 |
| 1995 | 73 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1995 | 101 |
| 1995 | 65 | WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1995 | 100 |
| 1995 | 29 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 1995 | 50 |
| 1995 | 73 | 103.1 The Buzz West Palm Beach, FL | The Buzz Top 103 Alternative Songs of '95 | 103 |
| 1995 | 81 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 95 Songs of 1995 | 95 |
| 1995 | 70 | WDRE Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA | WDRE Top 103.9 Songs of 1995 | 104 |
| 1996 | 61 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 1996 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 310 | WHFS | WHFS Top 500 Songs of the '90s (December 1999) | 500 |
| 1999 | 263 | 91X | 91X Fat 500 Songs of All-Time (July 1999) | 500 |
| 2005 | 508 | 99X | 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) | 1000 |
| 2007 | 273 | KROQ | KROQ Top 500 Most Requested Songs of the '90s (Labor Day 2007) | 500 |
| 2021 | 420 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s | 908 |
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